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WEB4 days ago · More to read from our nonprofit news partners. Crosscut / Cascade PBS: Independent, reader-supported, nonprofit news for the Pacific Northwest ICT News: Independent, nonprofit, multimedia news covering Indigenous peoples InvestigateWest: Dedicated to change-making investigative journalism for the Pacific Northwest KMRE-FM Kulshan Community Media: Listener-supported community radio for ...
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WEBThe Salish Current is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, online local news organization serving Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties. Based in Bellingham, we serve 400,000 residents and tens of thousands of annual visitors to the three-county area. Our region is the ancestral home of Native treaty tribes including the Lummi, Nooksack, Samish, Sauk ...
Newsletter - Salish Current
WEBNewsletter. Whatcom Falls 1999 disaster memorial story pole, Lummi House of Tears Carvers (Matt Benoit) Salish Current ‘s newsletter delivers: our newest stories from and about Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties, and. a curated list of links to news stories published by U.S. and Canadian local news media around the Salish Sea.
Harvest season arrives in Skagit County - Salish Current
WEB4 days ago · The sudden increase in tractors on the road, fields emptied overnight and the change in weather all lead to one thing in the Skagit Valley — harvest season. The growing season started wet with some late rain in April and May that put some farmers behind, and the cool weather had many hot weather crops such as tomatoes and peppers ripening ...
2021: A look back at some stories from the first full year of Salish ...
WEBDec 31, 2021 · 2021 was a year like no other, with themes such as public health vis-à-vis COVID-19 and opioid addiction; social justice in the courts, the arts, housing and policing; and climate change and natural resources including water rights management. Salish Current offers a look back via articles published during the …
Signs of a hidden threat: preparing for the really big one
WEBSep 6, 2023 · The signs and attention are meant to prepare people, especially visitors, for the certainty of a tsunami, if not the precise timing and magnitude of it. But at times, fatalism settles in. Rusk said, “If the tsunami comes, then maybe it was sort of meant to be.”. Still, making a plan is smart. Ray has an informal one.
Settlement agreement reached on lawsuit - Salish Current
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Charter review commissioners alleged San Juan County violated Open Public Meetings Act. A settlement agreement was reached on May 20, almost two years after Island County Superior Court ruled in an expedited hearing that the San Juan County Council did not have the authority to reject any proposed amendments to the …
After the flood: still rebuilding amid uncertainty, anxiety—and ...
WEBNov 17, 2022 · Editor’s note: Salish Current continues its coverage of Nooksack flooding by revisiting the people and the places written about in earlier stories: “Flood survivors face next flood season while awaiting long-term fixes,” Sept. 15, 2022 “Flood recovery continues in Sumas, seven months on,” June 24, 2022 “Whatcom farmers face manure management challenges after flooding,” Dec. 22, 2021
Community Voices / Is time running out? Streamflow trends in the ...
WEBDec 15, 2021 · Over the past 55 years (1967–2021) Nooksack River summer streamflow, measured by the U.S. Geological Survey in Ferndale, has been declining, at an average of 0.5% per year. However, this adverse trend is accelerating: during the past 12 years (2010 through 2021), flows declined by 5% per year. Overall summer streamflow declines on the ...
The vision of Mount Vernon’s Library Commons becomes reality
WEB6 days ago · A ribbon cutting open to the public at the highly anticipated Mount Vernon Library Commons will be followed by guided tours this Saturday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m. The new Commons — the result of combined community dreams and ideas — is at 208 W. Kincaid Street, across from the courthouse. The Library Commons is …